It should have a filter stone in the gas tank. Check that, look for a kink in your fuel lines. U want wide turns on ur lines. They may not look kinked, but under a load. Like wot cutting the demand on the fuel line may make it collapse. Does ur primer bulb stay smushed? Or draw air? If it draws air ur filter stone may be hung up in a corner of the tank. I've had that happen too. If it stays smushed ur lines may be reversed. But u said it was running and then quit. Check those few things and let me know.Yup and I could just be cutting wood and getting work done instead
No actual poulan dealers in your area? I just keep thinking that anyone used to working on poulans would be able to diagnose it within 15 minutes if they had it in their hands. I am still suspicious it ran hot though, and might still be too lean or suffered some scuffing/galling. but..it might be fine and just be something stupid like various of the advice tidbits up above. For peace of mind, easy to do, pull the muffler and just look at the piston, move it up and down, look at the cylinder walls behind it and the piston itself.
It can't be anything much lebowski. I had that problem on a poulan and it was crossed fuel line. Don't stress it's not like tuneing a carb.
Try squeezing throttle trigger, pulling the choke on a poulan sets the high idle for starting. If that don't release the lever u got a bigger problem.
If the compression is low enough, yes - but I've had some pretty scored cylinders still run ok.
